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Minimal usefull equipment in gilders
On Sat, 14 Oct 2006 10:44:41 +0200, hans wrote:
Guy Acheson schrieb: People on the ground could remind a glider on final with his gear up that he/she may want to consider lowering their gear. We have radios in all gliders in our club but also the rule that a glider with gear up is not informed on final. If the gilder is past base with gear up, the pilot is not informed. The reason for this this, that some gilder pilots have not the capability to bring the gear down and to fly the aircraft while on final. I once saw a pilot almost land gear-up in a 1-35. It had the radio antenna mounted on the gear door, and he correctly identified the scraping noise, pulled up a few feet, and dropped the gear. I was impressed at the time, but that guy probably came very close to breaking a wrist to avoid a minor sheetmetal repair... rj |
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